Here’s Bethany Mandel on the new grand jury report on alleged abuses covered up by the Romany Catholic Church of Pennsylvania:

This grand jury document from the PA Catholic Church abuse case is soul-crushing. I grew up somewhat affiliated with the Church and I cannot fathom how painful this is for Catholics. These stories are maddening and just… moved to tears a few times.

I am saying a very sincere prayer for my Catholic friends and family tonight. This is such a spiritually and emotionally awful time, and I'm so very sorry so many in Church leadership have subjected you to this pain.

And let's not forget – this is just ONE state. Tip of the iceberg. Which means there are thousands of more victims, and hundreds of more priests, bishops and cardinals complicit in rape and sexual assault. #CatholicChurch

In a CBS report, @Cardinal_Wuerl refers to the sexual abuse of children as priests’ “failures.“ Failures?! Are you kidding me?! They are sex crimes! Zero repentance from this horrific man. #WuerlMustGo@Pontifex

1. I’ve given my whole life to serving Christ in His Church. Since beginning the seminary in 1994, every year has brought fresh revelations of the darkest corruption along with criminal moral perversion coupled to unbelievable levels of incompetence.

3. Until I went to the seminary I was not aware of knowing a single criminal sex abuser. Since then, apparently, I’ve rubbed elbows with dozens, some being high-ranking prelates. And those are just the ones whose names have made into reports and news stories.

4. Without The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, the Bishops would still be lying, obfuscating, and making asinine and entirely forgettable remarks about economics and immigration…

7. One gets the sense they are just saying words-if they’re saying anything at all-so they can minimize the harm done to diocesan collections. They sound like damage control consultants, not fathers who’ve had THEIR families attacked and molested.